amy: as we continue with our year-end conversations, we will speak to the poet martin espada, who just won the national book award for his collection "floaters." plus, arundhati roy will join us from new delhi to talk about the pandemic, speaking out against u.s. wars and the state of journalism. >> need to worry about how we are going to continue because it is probably the biggest thing that is under assault right now. all kinds of ways that 20 years ago we would not have dreamt up. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. u.s. coronavirus infections have reached an all-time high, surpassing even january's terrible peak, with daily cases now averaging 267,000 and rising rapidly. hospitalizations are up, too, with nearly 80,000 u.s. beds filled, though that figure is out half of the numb hospitalized ding last winter's surge. on wednesday, the cdc revised its estimate of the percentage of u.s. omicron variant infections downward, suggesting the dangerous delta variant is continuing to circulate widely. th

earlier this month, angela davis, noam chomsky, arundhati roy, martin espada, winona laduke, danny gloverd danny devito joined us for a special virtual anniversary celebration. you can watch the full special at democracynow.org. today we bring you our full conversation with angela davis, the world-renowned abolitionist, author, activist, and professor at the university of california, santa cruz. juan gonzalez and i interviewed her from her home in oakland, california. and make of this 20 fed anniversary, angela, it is such an honor to have you with us as you have done so many times in the last decades. >> well, thank you so much, amy. you know, it seems like it's been longer than 25 years. it seems like democracy now! has always been there. but i think i may also be thinking about i.f. stone's newsletter and some other progressive media in your lineage. amy: well, to be counted in that amazing pantheon, someone like i.f. stone, who said to journalism students, "if you can remember two words, remember 'governments lie.' if you can remember three words, remember 'all governments lie,'" it w

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we will speak with nome, along with angela davis, martÍn espada, winona laduke, and arundhati roy, plusthe two dannys -- danny glover and danny devito. the event will also feature musical performances by lila downs and tom morello. the virtual celebration begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. go to democracynow.org for more details. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: as nations brace for new surges of coronavirus cases as the omicron variant spreads, vaccine manufacturers are seeing their profits soar. a new report by global justice now found that the eight top pfizer and moderna shareholders saw their stock holdings jump $10 billion last week following the discovery of the new variant. one of the report's authors tweeted, "when is a new covid variant good news? when you are a pharma shareholder, obviously." this come

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